It's a bloody outrage! Sickening. Egregious. Rampant Commercialism at its worst.
It raises some interesting questions too...
- How can you cheat if the cash in the game is handled electronically?
- What sort of message does it send the kiddies… to be playing with a Visa Card instead of cash?
- Does it ring you up when it’s your turn, introducing itself with a really nasally voice and mispronouncing your name?
- Does it make you select menu options at 15 levels before you get to talk to someone when you want to challenge an error it made? (oh, wait, there is no human being at the bottom of all those menus… just more recorded messages and options… ok… that’s realistic.)
And where’s my bloody top hat? I don’t want to be a hamburger with fries, and if I can’t be a top hat, I don’t want to be a fecken V8 Commodore HSV, I want to be an old fashioned liddle racing car.
Oh, and TWO MILLION bloody dollars just for passing go? Bugger off. It's two hundred. That's it. Anyone who gets two mil just for passing go deserves to go to jail coz they've got to be doing something wrong.
And… and… and.. (yes, I know, but it’s hard to construct grammatically correct paragraphs when your blood pressure is so high)… and… you don't win a beauty contest any more... you win a “Reality TV Show”.
What?
Race Around The Monopoly Board?
Survivor Monopoly – Quest For The Golden Hotel?
My Hotel On Mayfair Rules?
The Block on Euston Road?
Big Brother (Subtitled “You Little Shit, Put Your Skateboard Back On My Mayfair With The Hotel and Pay Up… MUUUUUUM.. DAN’S CHEATING AGAIN… MUUUUUUUM)?
This is The End Of Civilisation As We Know It... The End Of Days!
PS. I do admit though... having a "Monopoly Visa Card" instead of a poxy bank one would be rather cool. Imagine walking up to check out at the Hyatt and settling the bill with one of those. Class! I must write to Hasbro.
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My dear Chester,
It is wonderful to read your erudite thougths on this Monopoly conundrum. I hope there is an ATM at Mayfair for I know I will be short of cash by the time I get there once I'm finished at Picadilly Circus and Oxford Street.
Will the Visa Monopoly board handle cash advances?
Yes. It must. That's what a Visa Card is for. If Hasbro's going to do this to Monopoly, they'll have to put an ATM at all the best properties.
I'm glad to see you participating. Welcome Chester.
Why thank you Mr Gatsby.
It has been on my mind for some time, but I've been putting together the Puppies Off Crack Foundation, and that's been taking up a little of my time.
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